Recognize
Spot changes in voice, silence, power, and decision dynamics.
A different conversation about employee engagement
Your People
Have Subtitles.
Why Isn't HR
Reading Them?
A new way to notice disengagement before it becomes a score.
The big idea
What if the signals were there all along?
We have more employee data than ever. Yet we still miss the moment someone stops contributing, the idea that gets ignored until someone more powerful repeats it, or the silence that follows a leader's reaction.
These aren't just culture anecdotes. They're everyday interactions that can accumulate into disengagement. Human as is challenges leaders to build a skill that dashboards cannot replace: noticing what's happening between people while it is happening.
From moment to pattern
01 / THE MOMENTA contribution is dismissed.
02 / THE SHIFTThe person participates less.
03 / THE PATTERNSilence becomes the safer default.
04 / THE METRICDisengagement finally appears in the data.
The live audience experience
Don't just tell them.
Let them notice.
A short, fictional workplace interaction invites attendees to observe what happens beneath the words. The audience identifies what it noticed, then revisits the same interaction through the Six Signals lens. The reveal turns a familiar meeting into a new kind of leadership conversation.
What leaders will take away
Interpret
Distinguish an isolated moment from a recurring pattern worth exploring.
Act
Choose a constructive conversation or leadership response earlier.
The observation lens
The Six Signals
Voice & Silence
Power & Direction
Conflict Patterns
Decision Dynamics
Recognition
Safety & Risk
About the speaker
Simay Simon
Simay Simon is the founder of Human as is and a self-described Professional Room Reader. She has led employee experience, engagement, and inclusion initiatives across multiple industries. She holds a Master’s in Communications and is pursuing graduate studies in Human Behavior at Harvard University. Her work helps organizations notice the human moments that shape trust, participation, and culture before they become another disengagement statistic.
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